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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
7
The Che Cheyenne Leader is published by The Leader Publishing Co with officers W.W. G. Bond H. A. Clarke Chas. Thompson and Alex. Lawson listed as president secretary and treasurer. City editor and circulator roles are noted in the masthead.
Short items report weather, roads, local events, and people. Dr. Cooke returns from Laramie. Young Men’s Literary Club meets at Carnegie Library. a 2.5 lb sucker captured at Lake Minnehaha. Henry Becker fined 58 dollars for late saloon law violation. Gosport actions include street work on Ferguson, stock changes at Gauff & Lamp, and Union Pacific inspection updates. Lieutenant Lyon seeks appendectomy care. Union Pacific excursion planned to Denver. corrections to W A C entertainment music. deserter Edward Burns captured and turned over to Fort Mussel.
Irwinville resident J. T. Barber keeps Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ready at hand for sudden attacks. He endorses it as one of the best medicines he has tried and says it has proven effective during several colic episodes. Sold by A. Roedel.
W H Andre of Denver representing the American DeForest Wireless Telegraph company says Cheyenne will host a wireless telegraph station within sixty days. The system will handle commercial telegraphs with stations already in Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Trinidad and Boulder. Messages will route via Denver to Chicago then to the east. Cheyenne residents expressed enthusiasm and support. Transmission power will use Cheyenne Light Fuel Power electricity. office readying and mast typical of such stations noted.
Report from Buford describes a derailed train of fifty two gravel cars that ran away down a hill struck a derailing switch and piled into a mass of wreckage. Eight steel ballast cars each 700 tons capacity were demolished and salvaged as scrap, increasing the loss beyond initial estimates.
Union Pacific to relocate Green River stockyards and build new yards with about 1.25 miles of new tracks. Rawlins yards to be remodeled with other minor improvements to company stockyards at additional points. Changes respond to new government cattle shipping rules requiring rest in stockyards after a carload shipment.
City Improvement Committee chairman Thomas Heaney reports 98 percent of willow sprouts planted at Lake Minnehaha have rooted and are growing. About 65 percent of creek slips are flourishing, with roughly 20 000 trees and slips planted this season.
Citizens complain that city employees close City Park gates around 7 pm then keep them shut before 8 pm. Carriage owners seek access during that hour when the park is most attractive for a drive.
A Kelley Mercantile delivery wagon horse ran at full speed through a street striking a small boy who was playing nearby. The wheels passed on both sides, the child uninjured, then the wagon collided with a telegraph pole and was demolished.
Mrs J A England and son Harold with Mrs Harold England depart today for Granite Krag lodge near the headwaters of Mid dle Crow creek. Mrs England will stay two weeks while Mr England and Mrs Harold England return to the city in a few days. Mr J A England has been at the lodge for weeks.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles invites members to a regular meeting tonight. Attendees may discuss club affairs and upcoming events at the lodge.
Senator F. E. Warren caused four large cottonwood trees in front of his East Seventeenth street home to be removed so newly planted elm trees can have more air and sunshine. He stated the elm is a handsomer and shadier tree.
A party of Union Pacific officials visiting Cheyenne and Denver enjoyed Dale Creek trout. One hundred trout were shipped on ice to Julesburg for the officials.
Aquatic vegetation at Lakeside park has grown rapidly in the last two weeks, with weeds in Lake Minnehaha, especially the southern end, becoming so thick as to seriously interfere with boating.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as a gentle natural laxative, noting users may not realize the medicine’s effect. Sold by A. E. Roedel.
H. P. Buffum expresses sincere thanks to citizens and friends who participated or assisted at the funeral of his mother Julia A. DeBloise.
Three ailments listed sprained ankle stiff neck and lame shoulder are highlighted as helped by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The ad urges prompt use to save money and suffering and notes sale by A. E. Roedel.
The notice announces Barnum and Bailey circus performances scheduled for July 24. It notes venue details and admission information while highlighting the show’s appeal and timing for local audiences.
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